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| No U-turn on child benefit, David Cameron says | No U-turn on child benefit, David Cameron says |
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| David Cameron has said there will be no turning back on the decision to remove child benefit from better-off families. | David Cameron has said there will be no turning back on the decision to remove child benefit from better-off families. |
| Speaking a day before the coalition publishes a review of its progress since 2010, the prime minister told the Sunday Telegraph the government had taken some "difficult" choices. | Speaking a day before the coalition publishes a review of its progress since 2010, the prime minister told the Sunday Telegraph the government had taken some "difficult" choices. |
| He added he was also committed to same sex marriage and protecting spending on aid for developing countries. | He added he was also committed to same sex marriage and protecting spending on aid for developing countries. |
| Both policies have irritated some on the Conservative backbenches. | Both policies have irritated some on the Conservative backbenches. |
| But Mr Cameron told the Sunday Telegraph "this is an enormous reform agenda" and urged critics in his own party to "stop complaining." | But Mr Cameron told the Sunday Telegraph "this is an enormous reform agenda" and urged critics in his own party to "stop complaining." |
| He added he wanted to "win back" disaffected Tory supporters who had left the party. | He added he wanted to "win back" disaffected Tory supporters who had left the party. |
| 'Right direction' | 'Right direction' |
| He also said he hoped to stay on as prime minister until 2020, telling the Sunday Telegraph: "I want to fight the next election, win the next election and serve - that is what I want to do." | He also said he hoped to stay on as prime minister until 2020, telling the Sunday Telegraph: "I want to fight the next election, win the next election and serve - that is what I want to do." |
| Mr Cameron said: "In mid-term in government you are taking difficult decisions. There's always going to be a tendency for people to look at protest. | Mr Cameron said: "In mid-term in government you are taking difficult decisions. There's always going to be a tendency for people to look at protest. |
| "I don't think my job is to try to identify different segments of people who are going this way or that. My job is to steer the ship in the right direction." | |
| Changes coming into effect on Monday will see families with one parent earning more than £50,000 lose part of their child benefit. It will be fully withdrawn where one parent earns above £60,000. | Changes coming into effect on Monday will see families with one parent earning more than £50,000 lose part of their child benefit. It will be fully withdrawn where one parent earns above £60,000. |
| Ministers have said the changes are needed to help the government's deficit reduction plan. | Ministers have said the changes are needed to help the government's deficit reduction plan. |
| Saying it was a "very difficult" thing to do, Mr Cameron said: "I have complete understanding for people who are having their family budgets changed and money taken away and if there is more we can do to make it easier for people, yes of course." | Saying it was a "very difficult" thing to do, Mr Cameron said: "I have complete understanding for people who are having their family budgets changed and money taken away and if there is more we can do to make it easier for people, yes of course." |
| He said the coalition could have promoted its same-sex marriage reforms better. | He said the coalition could have promoted its same-sex marriage reforms better. |
| "One of things we haven't got across properly is this is what is going to happen in the register office," he said. "We're not changing what happens in church or synagogue or mosque." | "One of things we haven't got across properly is this is what is going to happen in the register office," he said. "We're not changing what happens in church or synagogue or mosque." |
| Mr Cameron, who is due to make a major speech on Europe later this month, added: "Britain has a role in Europe ... but we're not happy with the way the relationship works at the moment and so we want change." | Mr Cameron, who is due to make a major speech on Europe later this month, added: "Britain has a role in Europe ... but we're not happy with the way the relationship works at the moment and so we want change." |
| Mr Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will set out their top priorities for the rest of their term - which could take them through until a general election in May 2015 - on Monday. | |
| Their review is expected to include details of a cap on social care costs in England as well as pension and child care reforms. | Their review is expected to include details of a cap on social care costs in England as well as pension and child care reforms. |
| BBC political correspondent Chris Mason said the leaders wanted to emphasise the government is doing more than just driving down the deficit and will also highlight changes to the benefits system and reforms to schools in England. | BBC political correspondent Chris Mason said the leaders wanted to emphasise the government is doing more than just driving down the deficit and will also highlight changes to the benefits system and reforms to schools in England. |
| Labour's vice chairman Michael Dugher said: "Another year, another relaunch and still none of the change that David Cameron and Nick Clegg promised. They said they'd fix the economy. But living standards are still falling for the hard-working majority... | Labour's vice chairman Michael Dugher said: "Another year, another relaunch and still none of the change that David Cameron and Nick Clegg promised. They said they'd fix the economy. But living standards are still falling for the hard-working majority... |
| "Families who put their trust in David Cameron and Nick Clegg's promises of change will be bitterly disappointed to see that another relaunch is all they are offering." | "Families who put their trust in David Cameron and Nick Clegg's promises of change will be bitterly disappointed to see that another relaunch is all they are offering." |